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daft…coke?!

if you know me, you know i love daft punk. the past year or 2 has been like daft punk mania because of kanye west’s “stronger”, dj hero, tron: legacy, etc. there are all kinds of daft punk-related merchandise out there. adding to all this, coca-cola (the beverage of choice for many) has collaborated with the french duo for limited edition coke bottles. the set’s called “daft punk x coca-cola club coke” and will be sold at clubs in france and as a collector’s box at colette in paris. they’ll be released march 2011, when the www.daftcoke.com site goes live.

below is the teaser image. as you can see, the bottles resemble the famous gold and silver helmets donned by guy-manuel de homem-christo and thomas bangalter to assume anonymity. i like guy-manuel’s helmet more so it’s no surprise that i prefer the gold bottle.

i personally think the design is too simplistic and lacking. it’s nice that they kept it refined and sophisticated but the design isn’t very special for a collaboration. i do like the matte metallic finish though. and being the sucker i am, i still want a set…so who’s going to france after march and wants to pick up a set for me..??

i have to agree with this comment from stereogum–“I preferred Daft Punk when they made awesome albums instead of sodas, toys, and movie appearances.”

i did somewhat recently acquire these medicom be@rbrick figures:

these are the tron: legacy edition…they also have kubrick (non-bear) and other editions (non-tron). i was lucky enough to score guy-manuel (left) out of 2 blind boxes. these are in the artist 21 series; boyfriend scored batman out of his 2 so we got very lucky. i had to purchase thomas (right) off ebay. they’re now sitting comfortably on my monitors at work.

other daft punk references in the work space: the tron: legacy soundtrack flier i picked up at the tron night special screening and both dj’s in papercraft form, crafted and gifted by the awesome boyfriend.